Utah’s capital city is on the verge of growing its boundary after the Jordan River created an unexpected hurdle in a process years in the making.
Salt Lake City Council members informally voted last week to advance a plan to annex hundreds of acres of an unincorporated section of northwestern Salt Lake County at the center of ongoing warehouse development. Their plan would switch parcels to the newly created M-1A zoning, while others would remain under an agricultural form of zoning called AG-2, depending on their preference, once the annexation is complete.
That measure was requested because residents remain split between wanting to stick to agriculture and the area’s old ways, and wanting to move forward with zoning in place to handle the development that shows no signs of stopping, said Salt Lake City Councilwoman Victoria Petro, whose district includes the area that would be added to the city…